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Accessible, affordable and professional early education is key for children and parents in working families

Aaron Keating wrote 2 days ago: Three legs underpin the early education “stool”: Accessible care, affordable prices, and … more →

Tags: early learning, educational opportunity, strong schools, childcare, Early Education, Education, Family, Government, middle class

Thoughts On Foreign Capital And China's National Economic Security

chinabystander wrote 5 days ago: As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about the shifting sands of economic security policy, this … more →

Tags: Economy, Politics & Society, China, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relation, Economic Security Research Center, Jiang Yong, Rio Tinto

Detention Of Rio Execs May Signal Shift In China's Economic Security Policy3 comments

chinabystander wrote 1 week ago: In any commercial negotiation, intelligence about the other side’s intentions is invaluable. A … more →

Tags: China-Australia, Economy, Politics & Society, China, Hu Jintao, Rio Tinto, shougang, Stern Hu

Justice can't be achieved if we don't all do our part1 comment

John Burbank wrote 1 week ago: From the Everett Herald: Does the arc of the moral universe bend toward justice? Martin Luther King … more →

Tags: educational opportunity, Health Care, Shared Prosperity, strong schools, Work-Life Standards, Community, Economy, Education, Family

'We All Have a Part, But She's the Icon'4 comments

lisagoodnight wrote 1 week ago: The headline on a Kansas City Star column put it best: “Lilly Ledbetter’s name is on a l … more →

Tags: 2009 AAUW Convention, The AAUW Community, Women and Economic Security, 2009 AAUW National Convention, aauw09, I am the Face of Pay Equity, Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness act

Middle Class Families At the Edge of the Cliff1 comment

kathrynbaer wrote 2 weeks ago: Last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine profiles a multi-generation black family to trace … more →

Tags: Race Gaps, Reports, recession, Families, Blacks, black, Latinos, Latino, middle class

A Global Fund Lens On NBC’s New Show ‘The Philanthropist’

globalfundforwomen wrote 2 weeks ago: Posted by Sande Smith I just finished watching the new NBC show, The Philanthropist. I couldn’t not … more →

Tags: Education, Environment, Global Fund Related, leadership, Violence Against Women, global fund for women, grantee, Philanthropy

Chart of the week: This isn't your dad's recession.

Aaron Keating wrote 3 weeks ago: Some media outlets have taken to calling our current economic woes “The Great Recession. … more →

Tags: Shared Prosperity, State Economy, Economy, Income, inequality, Public Policy, stimulus, Unemployment, Washington State

Why do deficit hawks suddenly appear, every time Obama is near?

Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: It’s been about eight years since we’ve heard the “deficit hawks” sing their … more →

Tags: State Budget, State Economy, Shared Prosperity, educational opportunity, strong schools, Health Care, Public Policy, Washington State, taxes

Congress hears expert testimony on two national family leave insurance bills

Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: Congressional hearings have begun on both the FIRST Act (Family Income to Respond to Significant Tra … more →

Tags: Family Leave, Minimum Wage, Sick leave, Work-Life Standards, Family, Government, health, Jobs, middle class

Dead rich people who want lower taxes. Plus: School equity, undercounting unemployment, health reform answers, economy boosters, and caring for mom and dad

Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: In the battle over the federal estate tax, the latest issue of Rolling Stone drops some names: Seatt … more →

Tags: educational opportunity, Family Leave, Health Care, Minimum Wage, Retirement Security, Shared Prosperity, Sick leave, social security, State Budget

Three (economy-boosting) ways to improve Social Security

Gary Burris wrote 1 month ago: Publication of the Social Security Trustees’ Report always seems to bring out political axe-grinders … more →

Tags: Retirement Security, Shared Prosperity, social security, Family, Government, Income, middle class, Pension, Public Policy

We all lose by leaving health insurance to the market's whims

John Burbank wrote 1 month ago: The national discussion about health care is undergoing the lobbyists’ metamorphism.  All during the … more →

Tags: Health Care, Public Policy, Washington State, Economy, Work, Government, united states, Family, health

The tricky world of “trickle down”: How middle-class families got stuck with a higher tax tab

Gary Burris wrote 1 month ago: Some of you may remember the trickle down economic theory popularized during the Reagan presidency, … more →

Tags: Retirement Security, Shared Prosperity, social security, Public Policy, taxes, Economy, united states, Politics, inequality

Healthy Families Act means more workers can care for family and self

Aaron Keating wrote 1 month ago: Maybe swine flu tipped the balance when people’s kids had to come to work due to closed school … more →

Tags: Sick leave, Work-Life Standards, Health Care, Public Policy, Work, Business, Government, united states, Family

Sometimes There’s Justice, Sometimes There’s Just Us

globalfundforwomen wrote 1 month ago: Posted by Caitlin Brune Driving home after hearing that the California Supreme Court upheld the ban … more →

Tags: Education, Global Fund Related, The Americas, Human Rights, Women's rights, Prop 8, Justice, Equal Rights

Oregon looks to high road economic development -- will Washington?

Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: According to the Oregonian, Oregon House Democrats are proposing to fix part of the state’s bu … more →

Tags: State Budget, State Economy, Shared Prosperity, educational opportunity, strong schools, Public Policy, Washington State, taxes, Economy

Chart of the week: Nearly five unemployed workers for every available job

Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: Source: Economic Policy Institute Meteor Blades puts this chart in context: The current recession h … more →

Tags: State Economy, Shared Prosperity, Public Policy, Economy, Work, Government, united states, Unemployment

Washington kicking 40,000 off state health plan -- while San Francisco enrolls 600 weekly2 comments

Aaron Keating wrote 2 months ago: Health care “stakeholders” are meeting in Olympia to discuss how to take 40,000 people o … more →

Tags: Health Care, Government, health, inequality, Public Policy, San Francisco, united states, Washington State


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